Box 54

Scope and Contents This subseries includes drafts and progressive editions of Rosenthal’s artists’ book Homo Futurus, which consists of photographs, journal entries, postcards, and news stories. Series includes drafts with notes, paste ups, mockups, uncut signatures, display pages, pictureboards, bound drafts, working dummies with hand notes, display pages, and dummies used for circulation. Donor indicated Box 40 includes uncut signatures and display pages from Clues to Myself, Sensations and Homo Futurus from...

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This subseries includes drafts and progressive editions of Rosenthal’s artists’ book Clues to Myself, which includes photographs, poems, and diary entries. Series includes drafts with notes, paste ups, dummies, mockups, work pages, clippings, photographs, publishing announcement, book covers, uncut signatures, and display pages. Box 40 includes uncut signatures and display pages from Clues to Myself, Sensations and Homo Futurus from a visual studies workshop press that were intermingled.

Scope and Contents This subseries encompasses published editions and working materials related to Rosenthal’s surrealist novel Wish for Amnesia, including: -Progressive drafts of the novel from 1985-2016 with Rosenthal’s pencil edits numbered 0-46 according to date. Box 45: Drafts 0-4 Box 46: Drafts 5-10 Box 47: Drafts 11, 12, 14, 17 Box 48: Drafts 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 Box 49: Drafts 24-29, 34, 37, 38 Box...

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This subseries includes progressive items from Rosenthal’s production of her work Sensations, including display pages, artistic boards, and a painting of undetermined origin on the reverse of a board. Box 54 inlcudes a copy of sensations with the original prints. Box 40 includes uncut signatures and display pages from Clues to Myself, Sensations and Homo Futurus from a visual studies workshop press that were intermingled.

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This series consists of materials related to Barbara Rosenthal's artist books, many of which were printed and distributed through Printed Matter and other small presses over the years. This series contains published samples of all of her major publications, as well as extensive documentation and drafts for some titles. Production dates range from 1980 - 2019.

Abstract Barbara Rosenthal is an avant-garde interdisciplinary artist, writer, and performer. She explores existential themes through her multimedia artworks, which often take the form of photography, video, text, collage, and performance. This collection documents Barbara Rosenthal’s personal and professional life, spanning from the early 1940s through 2025. It is comprised of materials related to her career as an artist, and professional activities related to her studio practice and business...